Mazu Lingqian * * * is 100. The pre-annotation of Mazuling is popular in southern Fujian and Taiwan Province Province, and some words used in it belong to local dialect pronunciation and spoken language. The sign is simple and clear, and the doubt is like a god.
The eighth sign. The next sign is the story of Ding Lan woodcarving.
There is no dispute between the two families and they are not idle;
If there is no cutting system in court, it will be a cunning act.
It is said that if the marriage fails and the lawsuit fails, his wife will destroy the carved wood (to prevent the villain).
The last sentence should be understood as follows: the way to make a fool of yourself, be filial in time, and prevent villains.
Carving Wood for Home tells the story of filial piety of Ding Lan, the dutiful son. This is the twelfth story in Twenty-four Filial Pieties.
According to legend, Ding Lan was a native of Hanoi in the Eastern Han Dynasty (now north of the Yellow River in Henan). His parents died when he was young. He often misses his parents' upbringing, so he carved a statue of his parents out of wood. Everything is like life, and he negotiates with the wooden statue. After honoring his parents, he eats three meals a day. He must tell them before going out and see them when he gets home. He never slacks off. For a long time, his wife didn't respect the wooden statue very much, but curiously used the fingers of the wooden statue to acupuncture, and the fingers of the wooden statue actually bled out. When Ding Lan came home, she saw the tears in the eyes of the wooden statue and asked the truth, so she abandoned her wife.
Later generations have poems: carving wood for parents and describing Japan. Sending a message to all sons and nephews should be filial to their relatives.